Brewster boys fall to North Rockland

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published 7:00 pm, Monday, February 7, 2005

Brewster trailed by just three with a little less than four minutes to go, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Manny Martinez and Ray Gregg helped North Rockland pull away. Martinez led North Rockland with 21 points, while Stewart Ceus scored 15 and John Kubanik scored 14. Felix Nicodemo led Brewster with 19 points, including an 8-for-9 effort from the foul line. Rich Varnell added 12 points.

Against Pfeiffer on Saturday, South Kent led by as many as 24 points in the first half. Pfeiffer closed to with in six points midway through the second half. However, the Cardinal fought back with great offensive performances from Blatche (30 points, 15 blocks), Gilbert Brown (20 points), and A.J. Hawkins (15 points) to earn a 91-78 victory.

Immediately following the game, the South Kent team got on the bus and traveled eight hours to Easton, Pa., for a game against Lafayette College's JV team on Sunday afternoon. South Kent earned a tough 87-74 victory as Blatche led the team in scoring with 33 points, followed by Brown's 20 points. Hawkins had 10 points and David Fine scored six points.